Machine for making candles.



No. 694,093. Patented Feb. 25, |902.

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MACHINE FOR MAKNG CANDLES.

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UNITED v STATES PATENT QEEICE.

VILLIAM HARPER DAY, OF HOUNSLOV, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR MAKING( CANDLES.

SPECEXGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,093, dated February25, 1902.

Application tiled July 1,2, 1900. Serial No. 23,373. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HARPER DAY,

a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and

a resident of Hounslow, in the county of Mid- 5 dleseX, England, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Machines for theManufacture of Candles, (for which I have applied for a patent in GreatBritain, No. 1,770, dated January 27, 1900,) of which the xo followingis a full, clear, and exact specifica- 'tion thereof. A

This invention consists of improvements in or relating to candle-makingmachines, the object being to enable candles to be readily removed afterbeing passed out of the mold and providing the mold with greaterconductivity without unnecessarily reducing the strength and also ameans of cleaning the outside of said molds.

For purposes of illustration I will now refer to the annexed drawings,in which- Figure l is a sectional side elevation showing my inventionapplied to a candle-making machine; Fig. 2, a plan view of machine withlifter removed; Fig. 3, a sectional view, to enlarged scale, of mold;Fig. 4, a view, to enlarged scale, of my lifter or clamp, a sectionbeing taken through line X Y, Fig. 5; Fig. 5, a plan view of Fig. 4.

The lifter is formed in two parts ct and b. Upon the candles entering`the holes c in part a, first passing through holes CZ in part b, thelatter is moved out of alinement with part a by means of the handle e,thus gripping the 3 5 candles. The lifter carrying the candles may thenbe removed from the machine. The alinement of parts a and b is insuredbya catchf, engaging in notch g, h being a handle for operating samewhen desired.

The molds 11 are formed of any suitable material and may be incased in asheath or coil of wireji, which may be either embedded with thesubstance of the mold or Wound upon the outside thereof, copper Wirebeing employed on account of its good conductivity to prevent the moldsfrom bursting, 7c being a casing of any suitable material. This mold isemployed in any convenient form of machine in which plungers or pistonsare employed for forcing 5o the candle from the mold. The cleaning iseffected by causing the plate j, having suitable sliding surfaces, totravel or engage upon batch are being molded, and so on.

the outside of the molds c', thus removing the undesired substancedeposited by the water introduced into the jacket or chambery'l for thepurpose of Vcooling the molds, and which in many cases contains asurplusof foreign matter. The bearing-surfaces upon this plate may be ofany convenient substance or construction, and the up-and-down movementof the cleaning-plate may be eiected by attaching it to the plate 7c,carrying the hollow pistons k2, said plate 7c being raised and loweredby the xed pinion m, engaging on rack n,

yter is then admitted to the chambery" to cool the candles. When set,they are forced from the molds by the pistons k2, which are operated bythe rack n and pinion m, as aforo described, and enter the holes inlifterand are held therein, as shown in Fig. l, by moving the lowerportion b. The Wicks lare then taut and centrally placed in the molds.The molds are again filled, and when the next batch are cooled the wicksare cut at points 3 and the lifter removed With the first batch ofcandles, which would be wasters, as the wicks would not be central. Thesecond batch is then removed from the' molds and are received and heldby the lifter whilethe next It will be seen that the cleaning-platej isoperated each time the molds are emptied.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat-V ent is- Y In oandle-making machines, the combination ofa mold consisting of a suitable material in which a sheath or coil orwinding of wire is embedded or wound upon the outer surface, a slidingplate or cleaner adapted tov remove the undesired substance from ltheeXterior of the mold, a lifter o-rclamp consisting of a block havingapertures therein to grip Ioo the candles as they are removed from themold which is effected by moving a sliding plate having similarapertures to the block aforesaid so that the apertures in eaeh are 5 outof axial alinenient, a looking; device for the purpose of maintainingthe sliding plate in the desired position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this2d day of April, 1900.

WILLIAM HARPER DAY.

Vitnesses:

BENJAMIN CLARK, WILLIAM JOHN WEEKS.

